Diskussion: .ORG privatiseras på oklara grunder, men vissa blir nog rika

Hur man blir rik på privatisering av allmän egendom?

Verkar vara precis så korrupt det kan vara, på nivå med nya Karolinska?, men jag har inte satt mig in i detaljerna.


Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed
Sale comes within months of DNS overseer pushing through controversial contract change

Special report The sale of one of the internet’s most popular registries to a private equity firm has revived concerns over how the domain name system is governed.

At the end of last week, the Internet Society (ISOC) announced that it has sold the rights to the .org registry for an undisclosed sum to a private equity company called Ethos Capital. The deal is set to complete in the first quarter of next year.

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The sound of silence

In the meantime, the Internet Society’s board, dominated by US citizens, is unanimous in its approval of the sale of .org to an American private equity firm. But it faces a rebellion from the international chapters that inform ISOC’s work and provide it with global legitimacy. They are increasingly of the view that the sale should be stopped.

So, yes, the most important question that could have been put to the panel on the Future of Internet Governance at the annual Internet Governance Forum concerns the sale of .org, and what the deal says about the organizations that are charged with protecting the internet as a public trust.

And that question was never asked.